Chapter 432: When I think of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, I suddenly feel that the world is vast
When Li Yan took Jin Qinchun and Jin Pinri, who was forced to lead the way, to the trapped Tang army in the city, they found that under the wise leadership of Li Jingye, the Tang army was really about to surrender.
There is no other reason. The soldiers are on the verge of mutiny, the generals have no fighting spirit, and there are huge differences among the nobles. It's okay when things go smoothly, but once things go wrong, Li Jingye's commanding ability tends to zero. No wonder history
In the end, he was beheaded by his subordinates.
Fortunately, there was also a collapse on the Silla side. The key was that Jin Pinri shouted in Silla dialect all the way: "The general has an order! Put down your weapons and surrender to the Tang Dynasty! Surrender to the Tang Dynasty!"
"You're such a traitor..."
Jin Qinchun was completely shocked by Li Yan's appearance before, but now he finally realized that something was wrong. But just as he opened his mouth, Li Yan's palm flicked lightly, and his throat started to rattle and he was speechless.
As a result, Silla surrendered faster than the Tang army.
It's normal. The social hierarchy in this country is too strict. The personal guards are selected from the top three, the elite soldiers are the second class, and the ordinary soldiers are the first class and civilians. Fantasy novels can also challenge higher levels. It is comparable to fantasy
It's like a novel, but you can't disobey your superiors.
Such clear-cut management leads to a very high obedience rate from subordinates to superiors in the army, and there will be no situation where subordinates overwhelm superiors. However, once the superiors are gone, it is difficult to replace them, and they will really accept orders in a daze and give up one after another.
arms.
Jin Qinchun's eyes were about to burst, but he couldn't utter a single word. His face was full of pain, while Jin Pinri's steps were brisk, knowing that he would not have to die to destroy his family.
On the contrary, if the Tang Dynasty had such strong men, why worry about Silla being immortal?
"Li Geling! Li Geling is us!"
But then, when Li Jingye and others swarmed out, crying with joy, not to mention the expressions Li Yan looked at them, even Jin Pinri could not help but feel disgust.
Li Yan had never had any expectations for these family members who had been pampered since childhood and liked to talk about war on paper. He said to the general: "The Silla Army has surrendered. General Liu and General Black Teeth are leading troops to fight the remnants of Baekje outside the city.
We will destroy them all in this battle without leaving any further trouble. You must quickly take over Zhouliu City, especially blockade the docks to prevent the thieves from escaping by boat!"
The generals obeyed the order: "Obey!"
After experiencing the danger just now, morale could not rise all of a sudden, but his arrival obviously gave the army a leader. Coupled with the discarded weapons of the Silla soldiers lying on the ground, the Tang army quickly recovered from the collapse.
Start to occupy key positions and block the enemy's retreat.
At this time, Li Jingye came over.
In the past, he could at least maintain his posture on the surface. After this incident, he lost all face and could only bow deeply: "Thank you Li Ge for your great kindness!"
Li Yan needed to pay him back according to etiquette, but he really didn't like this kind of people, so he nodded and said: "No, I am General Zhongwu, and this is also my duty."
Li Jingye only cares about his own future: "Now that Li Geling and Old General Liu are here, do you two already know the ins and outs of the matter? This transfer order was issued by Zhou Guogong, and we were also confused for a moment, so we made the mistake
Trust his judgment... He won't be afraid of crime and abscond, right?"
Li Yan glanced at him lightly: "What? The British Lord wants to see Wu Chengsi? That may be difficult for the time being!"
After that, he turned to Wu Youyi and others who were hiding behind him for fear of being discovered by him: "The Wu family who committed the crime this time will be seen soon."
Hearing that he didn't even address Zhou Guogong, and seemed to be about to be imprisoned, Li Jingye was not surprised but overjoyed, and breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing that this meant that he was not going to be imprisoned, he would still be able to make meritorious deeds in the subsequent Liaodong war.
opportunity, we must learn a lesson this time and never be careless and underestimate the enemy again.
Li Jiongxiu and others looked on with cold eyes, but they felt that the tone was not right, but they did not dare to ask, they all shrank their heads like ostriches, and acted honestly.
Li Yan knew that this group of people would not always be honest. It was more likely that the scars would heal and the pain would be forgotten, but it was impossible to kill them all, so he still had to promote poor people to power.
Thanks to their incompetent performance, in the next battle to destroy Silla, it would be logical for more capable people to contribute and make contributions.
After stabilizing the situation here, Li Yan looked at Jin Pinri again: "Are you the Vice Admiral Jin who Liang Tu said was oppressed by the Silla bone system and did not get fair treatment?"
Jin Pinri was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down, stumbling and saying: "It's Xiaguan! Xiaguan also just remembered that Jin Sima mentioned General Li many times in his letter, but he thought General Li was a highly respected old general, but he didn't expect this
young……"
Li Yan raised his hand and pulled him up from the air: "I don't like to kneel down and worship. I am a member of the Tang Dynasty. I am a member of the Tang Dynasty. There is an imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty. The capable will be promoted and the mediocre will be demoted. We strive to create a fair promotion environment.
The biggest failure of Silla is the rigidity that everything is determined by birth and birth."
Jin Pinri was yearning for it and nodded repeatedly: "That's exactly what it should be! That's exactly what it should be!"
Li Yan turned to look at Jin Qinchun and unblocked his acupoint: "Just like your brother is the pillar of the country, it's only because of Dajiao that Jin Gengxin has achieved your current status. However, you can go deep into dangerous situations and instigate the Baekje remnants to deal with me.
The Tang Dynasty was a brave and strategic general in Silla, not a mediocre person."
Jin Qinchun was finally able to speak. He took a long breath and said with an ugly face: "You are also a warrior I have never seen before. I am defeated in your hands and I am convinced. Go ahead and kill me!"
Li Yanping said calmly: "That's not necessary. The Tang Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven and we don't do anything to kill everyone. You see, Jieli Khan of the East Turks also left an unforgettable memory when he was in Chang'an."
"Not to mention a mere minister of yours, even if it is the King of Silla, you have invited him to Luoyang to let him reflect and repent and understand his due position as a vassal state."
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Jin Qinchun's face relaxed for a moment, and his body subconsciously relaxed. After hearing the second half of the sentence, he said harshly: "Then I'm afraid you are overthinking. I, Silla, am definitely not Baekje."
Goryeo is comparable, and it will not be subjugated by you, the Tang Dynasty!"
Li Yan couldn't help but laugh: "You seem to be determined, but if you fall into the hands of one of my interrogation experts, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on for a day."
He stopped talking and looked at Jin Pinri: "General Jin, how many people like you are there in the Silla army?"
Jin Pinri showed resentment: "Of course there are more. If General Li doesn't mind, I will tell you the situation of the Silla army..."
Li Yan said seriously: "Please tell me."
After all, Jin Liangtu left Silla early and did not know much about the new situation, and Jin Pinri's surrender could provide first-hand intelligence about the country.
In the previous letter, Jin Pinri still had some reservations, but now he was convinced and took the initiative to tell the whole story about Silla's military strength.
Li Yan listened carefully and compared it with the historical knowledge known to later generations, and gained a lot.
There are not many records about Silla in the Tang Dynasty. Li Yan's understanding of Silla basically comes from "Historical Records of the Three Kingdoms", but the authenticity of it is hard to say.
According to the records in it, Silla almost completely won the war against the Tang Dynasty and was extremely brave. However, many battles were not recorded in the history books of the Tang Dynasty. There were even contradictions in the records, which were later found to be false and were not true in later generations.
They are inherited from the same origin, and each ancestor has his or her descendants.
For people like Li Yan who study history, they don't really like history books about small countries because they dare to compile anything.
There are also many fictitious contents in the history books of the Central Plains Dynasty, which cannot be fully believed, but at least the major events are correct and the details are fabricated.
For example, in the case of Wu Zetian's murder of her daughter, Wu Zetian did have a daughter who died at a young age. The cause of death is unknown. Then when Ouyang Xiu and others were writing "New Book of Tang", they took the trouble to travel back to the Tang Dynasty and wear an invisibility cloak.
On the side is a record of Wu Zetian's behavior of secretly strangling her daughter to death and blaming the Queen Wang. Later, Sima Guang added details of her expression.
But this is at least grounded. Wu Zetian really did die in infancy, and the cause of death is unknown. The bottom line of these historians is not so low as to write that Wu Zetian strangled her daughter to death even though her daughter was still alive.
Unfortunately, the history books of the surrounding small countries cannot even maintain this bottom line. They create parallel worlds as long as necessary. Not only the history books of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, but also the Tubo side. Later, Princess Chizun was directly fabricated for religious purposes, and
Su Dingfang burned the Potala Palace...
This is also the reason why it is not trustworthy how many craftsmen seeds Li Shimin gave to Princess Wencheng when she got married, because it was a solitary evidence and would not appear until the "Tibet King Tong Ji" in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties more than 700 years later.
Written by a distinguished monk.
Not to mention that the longer the history books are, the less trustworthy they are. If you believe them, you have to believe that Songtsen Gampo lived to be eighty-two years old, that Su Dingfang killed Ludongtsen, burned the Potala Palace, and that King Ming transformed into an army and fought with
The Tang Army’s war, and many outrageous records with obvious religious overtones...
Li Yan is quite helpless about this. When you are making up a few random things, can you consider the feelings of crossing the party? No, you only think about yourself!
Therefore, his solemnity towards Silla, on the one hand, was based on the lessons learned from the destruction of Goryeo, and he did not want to repeat the mistakes of arrogance and arrogance. On the other hand, he was not completely sure of Silla's military strength during this period, so he could only think higher.
Now, according to Jin Qinchun, Silla's regular military strength is around 80,000, and there are 24 high-level generals with real talents. If faced with the threat of national subjugation, and the whole country is mobilized, it should be able to pull out 150,000 usable troops.
Anything further up is just a matter of making up the numbers and has little meaning.
Such a military strength is really not weak in a small country, but what made Jin Qinchun more and more horrified was the names of the middle-level generals mentioned by Jin Pinri.
They are all people who are not allowed to be promoted after achieving military merit due to family background restrictions.
There are more than fifty people who know about Jin Pinri alone.
Jin Qinchun's face was ashen, and Li Yan was very happy: "Write a letter to them and tell them about your fate. You will be proud to be a Tang Dynasty person in the future. What you have to do now is to recognize your own heart and surrender to the Tang Dynasty."